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PAST EVENT: Living in Exile: Discipleship in the 21st Century (Chicago) 7:00PM CT

Park Community Church Near North, 1001 N Crosby St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
2024-10-16 19:00 2024-10-16 20:45 America/New_York PAST EVENT: Living in Exile: Discipleship in the 21st Century (Chicago) 7:00PM CT

A 5-Session study that explores discipleship – looks at life in exile, examines the mission of those called to follow Christ, discusses the nature of discipleship, the importance of community, and considers some practical strategies to stem the tide of casual Christianity and not only sustain our faith but to grow spiritually in community.

 Park Community Church Near North, 1001 N Crosby St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA [email protected]

CSLI-Chicago presents

Living in Exile: Discipleship in the 21st Century

with Karl "KJ" Johnson and Eric Targe

Eugene Peterson wrote that "It is not difficult…to get a person interested in the message of the gospel; it is terrifically difficult to sustain the interest. Millions of people in
our culture make decisions for Christ, but there is a dreadful attrition rate…the evidence for mature Christian discipleship is slim." Research confirms this: Barna reported that only 1% of church leaders say the Church is succeeding at discipling new Christians.

Join us for a five-week series on the life of faith in the 21st Century. We will look at life in exile, examine the mission of those called to follow Christ, discuss the nature of discipleship, the importance of community, and consider some practical strategies to stem the tide of casual Christianity and not only sustain our faith but to grow spiritually in community.

Dates: 5 meetings are scheduled as follows:

  • Wednesday, October 16, 2024
  • Wednesday, October 23, 2024
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2024
  • Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Speakers: Karl "KJ" Johnson & Eric Targe
Times: 7:00 - 8:45 pm CT
Location: Park Community Church (Near North) 1001 N. Crosby St. Chicago, IL 60610

 

Karl “KJ” Johnson

CSLI City Director, Chicago

Karl "KJ" Johnson, Lt.Col., USMC (Ret.) is the Director of the C.S. Lewis Institute in Chicago where he oversees programs that foster the discipleship of heart and mind. He’s been a C.S. Lewis Fellow since 2008 and holds a Masters in Military Studies (Marine Corps University) and two Masters of Arts from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion). KJ retired after 20 years in the Marine Corps where he served as a helicopter pilot, operations officer, and weapons and tactics instructor. He’s a veteran of numerous deployments as well as multiple humanitarian assistance/disaster relief missions—most notably Operation Unified Assistance (2004 tsunami) where he served as the Air Mission Commander for former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton.

 

Eric Targe

Pastor

Eric Targe serves as Pastor for Teaching and Preaching at Park Community Church. Originally from New York, he has lived in the city of Chicago since 2009. Eric graduated with a BA in Theology from Moody Bible Institute and a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Eric also serves as an adjunct professor at the Moody Bible Institute, and is passionate about equipping the saints for gospel love, gospel life, and gospel liturgy, so that the good news of Jesus might be displayed more clearly in a bad news world.